Carthage, Illinois

Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois. The first buildings were erected in 1833, and the town was platted in 1838. In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith were incarcerated at the Carthage jail, where they were killed by an angry mob on 27 June 1844. In 2016, Carthage had a population of 2,546 people.